Apparatus for applying bands, wrappers, or labels to boxes, blocks, or packages.



W. ROSE. APPARATUS FOR APPLYING BANDS, WRAPPEBS, OR LABELS T0 BOXES,BLOCKS, OR PACKAGES. APPLIOATIONIILED JUNE ,29, 1910. 1, 1 11,676,Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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. W. ROSE.- APPARATUS FOR APPLYING BANDS, WRAPPERS, 0R LABELS TO BOXES,BLOCKS, 0R PACKAGES. AiPI-IOATION FILED JUNE 29, 1910.

1 1 1 1 7 Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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W. ROSE. APPARATUS FOR APPLYING BANDS, WRAPPERS, 0R LABELS T0 BOXES,BLOCKS, 0R PACKAGES. APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 29, 1910.

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APPARATUS FOR APPLYING BANDS, WRAPPERS, OR LABELS TO BOXES, BLOCKS, ORPACKAGES.-

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APP LIGATION FILED JUBE 29, 1910.

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W ROSE. I APPARATUS FOR APPLYING BANDS, WRAPPERS, OR LABELS T0 BOXES,BLOCKS, OR PACKAGES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29-, 1910.

1,1 1 1, 7 Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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APPARATUSFOB. APPLYING BANDS, WRAPPERS, OR LABELS T0 BOXES, BLOCKS, ORPACKAGES.

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1,1 1 1,676. Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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W. ROS-E. APPARATUS FOR APPLYING BANDS, WRABPERS, 0R LABELS T0 BOXES,BLOCKS, 0R PACKAGES.

APPLIOATION IILED JUNE 29, 1910.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1910.

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APPARATUS FOB. APPLYING BANDS, WRAPPERS, OR LABELS T0 BOXES, BLOCKS, 0RPACKAGES.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1910.

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p WILLIAM Rose, or GAINSBORQUGi-IQE To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ROSE, a subjectoftheKing of Great Britainand Ireland, ofAlbion Works, Gainsborough, in the county of Lincoln,England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus forApplying Bands, WVrappers, or Labels toB'oXes, Blocks, or Packages, of.which the I following is a specification.v V n l This invention has forits object to pro-.

videsimple and eflicient apparatus by which bands wrappers,for. labels,canbe rapidly and accurately applied. to boxesfblocks, or packages. Forbrevity, the articles to which 3 the bands, wrappers, or labels, are tobe ap- PllQClflIG hereinafter referred to as packagesfand thebands,wrappers, or labels, are

referred to as paper bands.

ETheapparatus according to this invention comprisesineansl for thesupply of paper bands; a devicey-whi'c h moves in one direction andtakes .up' adhesive, and then, by means of this adhesive, takes up apaper band and moves in the reverse direction and conveys the said bandto, and deposits it on, a table With an opening therein corresponding tothe lengthand breadtlrv of the packages to be dealt -with; a device forreceiving and carrying: the packages and depositing them upon the paperband placed over the opening in the table aforesaid, and. for pressingthe said paper band and package into a receiver-beneath; devices tofold, each end of the} paper handover the package, whenso required; aretainer, the cross-sectional area of whichis equal to the length andbreadth of the packages, so as to, assist ,lIl shaping them and anejector for expelling the pack-.j

ages into a' trough, wherejthey. remain the required time to allow theadhesiveto dry,

The V apparatus also comprises modified means, by whichthe paper bandsare held upon the table and wrappedaround the boxes, blocks, orpackages, and it also consists in the useof means whereby the interiorof the magazine canbeadjustedto adapts it to any irregularitles 1n.the}paperband as:

regards cutting, or printing, .for,example,

and so as to minimize the riskof taking up,

:more thanone paper band at-,atime. The I devices for holding one end'ofthe paper band and for turning'it over by means of a pinion land toothedsector and forpressing and smoothing itdownimay be like, those hereina tr -des, ri e but the P t of the WRAPPEES, 0R LABELS. TO BOXES, BLOCKS,OR PACKAGES. i

table which is at the other end of the paper bands and capable oftilting and advancing over the packages to laythe short end of the paperband upon the package maybe provided such as hereinafter more fullydescribed, with a second gripper Which grips that end of the paper bandwhileit is gripped at the. other end by the first named gripper, andmeans are provided, whereby a small movement is given to the part of thetable carrying the second gripper so that-the paper band is stretchedtaut just before, and while, the package is placed on the band on thetable. The apparatus also comprises modified mechanism for conveying thepack ages to over the paper band on the opening in the table; means forexerting additional pressure on the packages in the receiver when apackage is being forced into the aforesaid" receiver; means for moreefii ciently' siipplying adhesive to the device which applies theadhesive to the paper bandsp mechanism, which will permit oflengthwise-rocking movement of the adhesive-applying device, in order topermit of the said device accommodating itself to. any slightinequalities in taking up adhesive; means for preventinginjury tothepackages and means forproperly retaining the folds or tabs in positionon the ends of the packages; a modified form of receiver into which thepackages are deliveredj and means which will insure the paper band beingkept in position sidewise during folding.

I; ivlll particularly describe my invention with reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 show oppositeside elevations, Figs. 3' and 4; end elevationslookiiig constructed in accordancewith my inven-v tion. The remaining figures are detail views, drawn to alarger scale, of parts, or modifications of the said apparatus..Referring toflthese details, Fig. 6 shows, in elevation, the packagemagazine, theoper ating cams and levers, and otherassociated parts.Figs. .7, 8, ,9 and lQillustrate, in four positions, the means forapplying adhesive to the top paperband in the machine, re-- moving thesaid paper band from the magaine and carryi g it toj'and depositing iton the part of the machine where it is to be applied to the package.Fig. 11 is an eleva v [the plunger. Figs. 16 and 17, illustrate themeans for operatingthe said carrier mechanism and the plunger. Figs.1S,19,20,21, 22

and 23 illustrate six positions of the folding devices, Fig. 18illustrating operating mechanism in connection therewith and also the receiverfor the wrapped packages. Figs. 2a, 25 and 26 are views at rightangles of that part of the table which supports the long end of theupper band, showing also the gripper carried thereby. Fig.27 is asection on the line 00 50 of Fig. 26. Fig. 29 is an elevation.

Figs. 28 and 30 are views at right angles thereto, Fig. 31 is aplan,andFig. 32 is a horizontal section, taken on the line y3 of Fig-.29, ofthe receiver for the wrapped packages. Figs. 33, 34:, 35, 36 and 37illustrate five other positions of the folding devices. Fig. 38 shows inside elevation. Fig. 39 in front elevation, Fig. 40 in side elevation,opposite to that shownin Fig. 38 with part broken away, and Fig. 41in:plan, the magazine provided with means to adjust the interior thereof toadapt it to the irregulari ties of the paper bands. Fig. 4:1 is an'elevation of the magazine provided with a deviceto signal when the supplyof paper bands therein becomes exhausted, and Fig.

41 is a side elevation partially in section showing a locking deviceactuated by the magazine and preventing the operation of the machine solong as the magazine is out of feed position. Figs. 42 and 1-3 are aside and end elevation respectively of the improved package-carriermechanism. Fig. 44

- is a side elevation (partly in section) of the improved mechanismwhich exerts additiona'l pressure on the packages in the re c'eiver.Figs. 45 and 46 show two different positions of thefixed surface 19.Figs. 17

and a8 are end and side elevations respectively of the adhesive-applyingdevice, Fig- 49being a plan of Fig. 17. Figs. 50, 51 and '52arerespectively an end elevation, a side elevation, and plan, all drawnt'oalarger scale,of the mechanism for ad ust1ng the le ver which carriesvthe adhesivesupplying device. Fig. 53 is a front elevation, Fig. 5 1 60a plan, and Fig. 55 asideelevation of the inechanism which permits oflengthwiserocking of the adhesive-applying surface. Figs- 56 and 57 showin end elevation and plan, the 'mechanism "which prevents the packagesbeing injuredduring ejection of the said packages from the feedingtrough.

-Fig. 58 shows in endelevation the mechanism by'm'eansof whichthe.packagesare taken up and transferred tothe paper'bands. Figs. 59 and 60are elevations of the'mecha nism as viewed from opposite sides of Fig.58, and Fig. 61 is a plan of Fig. 58.- Figs. 62 and 63 are asideelevation, and plan respec tively of the improved receiver for thewrapped packages. Fig. 64 is a side elevation, and Fig. 65 a plan of thetilting tables and their actuating mechanism. for folding the band orwrapper on the package; Figs. 66 and 67 are plan and elevationrespectively of one of the tilting tables and its gripper drawn to alarger scale. g

The device 11, see Figs. 7, 8, 9,110, 11, and 12, which takes a supplyof adhesive from the roller 28 and is brought over the magazine 1 totake up the top paper band and convey it to the table where'it is to beap plied to the package, is connected to, or integral with, asleeve 18,mounted'on a; shaft 19 1 carried by side arms 62, connected by abridge-piece 262 and mounted on a shaft 6 1; the said arms 62 operate tocause the device 11 to rock the required distance between the magazine 1and the table wherethe paper,.,

band is deposited and is applied to the pack-' age. An arm 263 onthesleeve 18 carries the pin, or stud, 20, pivotally'c onnected, by thelink 22, with the arm 21 to which motion is imparted so as to raise andlower the device 11 at the required times in. order to cause the device11 to take a supply of adhesive from the adhesive-supplying roller 23'(or part of. a roller) dipping into and revolving in the container 24,carrying the adhesive, and then, when'in position over the top paperband in the magazine 1, to cause the device to descendand pick up thesaid paper band and carryit (free of contact ,with theadhesive-supplying roller 23) and deposit it on the table over theopening therein. The device 11 for receiving and applying the adhesiveand carrying'the paper band,has an underside 25 corresponding in shapetothe paper bands/but preferably a little less in area than the paperband, so that. there is no dangerof the adhesive ex tending overtheedgeof the paper hand. If the adhesive be only required to be ap pliedinpatches,'then grooves, or recesses, 63(see Fig. 4) .may be formed in thesaid underside 25 of the device 11in the places where the adhesive isnot to be applied, and.

5, insure the paper, band bein deposited 7 over the opening inthetable,.Iprovide a device 26 operated inf'thesaid, or special,

grooves, or recesseain the said underside 25 to push off the paper band.This device is integral with, or carried on, arms 64; of a bridge-piece264," mounted on .the'shaft '19,.

on one of the bosses ofwhich there is an "$111265 onnecte by a li k anan. arm

66, to the shaft 61 to which the side arms 62 carrying the sleeve 18 areconnected.

The aforesaid levers 62, 21, and 66, are caused to be actuated as shownin Figs. 11 and 12 in the following-manner:-l4ounted on suitableextensions on one of the side le- Vers 62 are anti-friction rollers 68and 69 with which engage co-acting cams 70 and 71 respectively, mountedon the main driving shaft 60 of the machine. The cam 70 acts upon theroller 68 to cause the device 11 to move from the adhesive-supplyingroller 23, as shown in Fig. 7, to a position above the magazine 38, asshown in Fig. 8; a cam 74, secured to the main driving shaft 60, actsuponan anti-friction roller 7 to cause the sleeve 18 to rock on theshaft 19 to cause the device 11 to descendupon the pile of paper bandsin the magazine to pickup the top paper band, as shown in Fig. 9, thecam 71 then acting to causethe device 11 to carry the paper band to aposition to receive the package. A cam 72 secured to the main shaft 60acts upon an anti-friction roller 7 3 to cause the arm 66, to which thedevice 26 is connected, to move with the device 11,'but will prevent thesaid device from coming into contact with the adhesive supplying roller23, as shown in Fig. 7, but when the said paper band is brought to theaforesaid position to receive the package will act to cause the device26to push the paper band off the device 11 onto the said table and hold itthereon while the device 11 is rising, the

said cam 72 then" permitting the device 26 to rise and return to theadhesive-supplying roller 23. The adhesive supplying roller may becaused to rotate in the container 24 of adhesive in anyconvenientmanner. In Fig. 2 this is shown as being effected by means of a belt 170and pulleys 171 and 17 2, the pulley 171 being secured to the maindriving shaft and the pulley 172 being secured on a shaft 173 carried bythe frame of the machine. To the shaft 17 3 is secured a spur wheel174.(see Fig. 6) which transmits rotary motion therefrom to the shaft175 of the adhesive-supplying roller through a spur wheel (not shown) onthe said shaft 175. A jockey pulley may be employed (as shown at 17 6 inFig. 2) to keep the said belt 17 0 taut. f

The packages to which thepaper bands are to be applied may be fed asusual along atrough (see Figs. 1, 2, and 5) having an endless chain, orbelt, 29, passing along the bottom of the said trough and having eithercontinuous, or intermittent, movements imparted to it, an obstacle 30(Fig. 5) however being placed at the end of the trough tointercept theend package, so that a plunger 31 (seeFig. 5) acting transversely to thesaid belt can push the end package onto a platform32 (see Figs. 13, 14,and 15), which can be brought over the opening in the table on which thepaper band is deposited and between the jaws 34 and 350f.

the package downward onto the deposited paper'band. The jaw 34 may befixed to the carrier, the other jaw 35 being'hinged and closed. by aspring 107 and caused to open by an extension 36'thereon coming incontact with the aforesaid movable-platform 32 to allow the package tobe pushed, by the plunger 31, into correct position between the j aws 34and 35. 'Fig. 13 shows the movable platform 32 with a package thereonacting upon the extension 36t0 open the hinged jaw 35. 'Fig. 14 showsthepackage gripped betweenthe jaws 34 and 35, and Fig. 15 is a similar viewto Fig. 14, but showing the movable platforniretiring. M'ounted in thepackage carrier 33, so as to be slidable therein, is a plunger 37, whichis caused to push the package from between the jaws of the carrier 33and, together with the paper hand, through the opening in the table intoa receiver 38 (see Fig. 18) the paper band being thereby folded over theends of thepackage.

The plunger 31 may be caused to reciprocate in any suitable manner,preferably as indicated in Figs; 1, 3, 4, and 5, wherein is shown aspring108 acting, through a lever 109, to rock a shaft 110, to which issecured a lever 111 connected, by a link. 112, to the plunger 31, topush the package onto the movable platform 32, a face cam 113 acting onan arm 114 integral with theaforesaid lever 111 to return the saidplunger. The said plunger is suitably mounted and guided on a rod 115carried by the main frame of the machine. The movable platform 32 iscaused to be operated by a cam 80 secured to the main driving shaft 60,see Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, which, through an anti-friction roller 81,actuates an arm 82 secured to a shaft 83, the said shaft 83 having alsosecured .thereto, or integral therewith, a lever '84" carrying the saidmovable platform 32. i

The carrier 33 may descend bygravity, or by the action of a spring,audit is caused to be raised bya cam 85 (see Figs. 1617) on t e maindriving shaft 60 acting, through an antifriction roller 86, on an arm 87secured to a sleeve 88 on a shaft 89, the said sleeve 88 being connectedby a bridge-piece 90 to another sleeve 91 carrying the arm 33. Theantifriction roller-86 may be kept in engagement with the cam 85 eitherby gravity, or by the action of a spring. The plunger 37 is. caused todescend and ascend in unison with the aforesaid carrier 33 by coactingcams 92and 93 (see Figs. 1617) secured to the main driving .shaft 60,which act upon

